US 11,871,271 B2
Dynamic switching for user equipment between unique cell and shared cell operating modes based on application traffic
Srinath Gundavelli, San Jose, CA (US); Indermeet Singh Gandhi, San Jose, CA (US); Mark Grayson, Maidenhead (GB); and Arun G. Khanna, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/321,841.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369163 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 28/086 (2023.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0925 (2020.05) [H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 28/0862 (2023.05); H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining policy information by a session management function of a mobile network from a policy server, wherein the mobile network includes a radio access network comprising a plurality of radio units in which each radio units of the plurality of radio units provides a shared cell that is shared with at least one other radio unit of the plurality of radio units and each radio unit of the plurality of radio units provides a unique cell that is not shared with any other radio units of the plurality of radio units and the policy information obtained by the session management function indicates whether user equipment are to utilize a shared cell operating mode or a unique cell operating mode for radio communications within the radio access network based on different application traffic of the user equipment;
obtaining, by the session management function, an indication of particular application traffic of a particular user equipment from an access and mobility management function or a user plane function;
identifying, by the session management function, one of the shared cell operating mode or the unique cell operating mode that the user equipment is to utilize for radio communications within the radio access network for the particular application traffic based on the policy information; and
causing the particular user equipment to perform radio communications for the particular application traffic using the shared cell operating mode or the unique cell operating mode.